As of this moment, Iran, Israel, and the U.S. have all stated that a ceasefire agreement is now in effect, following 12 days of heavy Israeli bombing across Iran that killed hundreds of people, a majority of them civilians. Iran conducted retaliatory strikes against Israel, exposing the fallibility of the much hyped Iron Dome missile defense system. The U.S. conducted its own bombing of Iran as well, including the use of some 14 30,000 pound bombs on Iranian nuclear sites. On Monday, Iran launched a series of missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the headquarters of U.S. Central Command and the principal U.S. base in the Middle East.
As the world waited to see how the U.S. would respond to these strikes, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that a ceasefire agreement had been reached. For several hours overnight, neither Israel nor Iran confirmed this was true. Then, on Tuesday morning, both sides affirmed they had agreed to a deal brokered by the U.S. and Qatar, though the situation remains uncertain and tense.
This morning, President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on the White House lawn and expressed anger at both Iran and Israel for what he said were attacks that occurred after the ceasefire was announced. But Trump emphasized that he was mostly angry with Israel, at one point, even using an expletive. “Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I’ve never seen before, the biggest load that we’ve seen,” he said. While he criticized both Israel and Iran, he repeatedly said that he was “really unhappy” with Israel. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.”
Joining me from Tehran, Iran is Dr. Foad Izadi, Associate Professor in the Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran, to discuss the tentative ceasefire, what it might mean for the future of Iran’s nuclear program, and the broader impact of Israel’s U.S.-facilitated wars over the past 20 months.
I'm sorry, but israel is just buying time... just like they did early on in gaza. Israel cannot be trusted one iota. And I read that US is ramping up it's AI technology for military purposes. This is so frustrating that US and Israel can just go and attack anyone or go in and assassinate familes in their sleep, or any country in the world with out any major country objecting or defending.
agree completely. we and Israel are acting with impunity, and that is making the world and the future more dangerous.
The US Empire is totally on board with this approach. They also want Gaza empty. The US Empire are super wealthy US investors. They like oil, arms, and war.
Thank you, Jeremy, for introducing us to this incredible man. I keep learning from your work, for many years now, and it reaffirms my own take on any number of issues.
Excellent interview! Very informative, especially with the explanation on the Arab nations.
Of course, Israel will attack again, and the US will support them. What is truly amazing is how servile the vassal states of the US in the Gulf behave. Someday the people of these states will rise up and demand freedom, it is inevitable. And, eventually, the people of the US will insist that our government cease being a tool for Israel's colonialization of its neighbors, then Israel will stand alone as a world pariah.
The US is deeply invested in protecting the dollar as the world’s global reserve currency. Many other countries are tangled in this net. The US Empire, which is owned by the US super wealthy, also owns Israel. Netanyahu and Trump are their employees. The very wealthy will gladly destroy Israel, Ukraine, Syria, and any other country to protect their trillions. The rich are total sociopaths. And parasites.
thank you so much, to drop site news and to prof. izadi!
there can never be enough opportunities to expose the insatiable [white] wild west's blatant - and deadly - double standardry which allows them to exploit, plunder and kill at will while the rest of the world better duck and deliver raw materials, resources, human lives, ad infinitum ...